Streaming video bookmarks
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1. A method of making segments of a video, comprising:
- providing video content that includes a series of video frames and reviewing the video;
sending a bookmark signal during review of the video to select a selected frame being displayed when the bookmark signal is sent;
identifying a characteristic feature of the selected frame and recording information corresponding to said frame on a storage medium;
identifying a segment of the video containing the selected frame, the segment having a segment starting point and a segment endpoint and storing at least a portion of the segment.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and systems for bookmarking an area of interest of stored video content is provided. As a viewer is watching a video and finds an area of interest, they can bookmark the particular segment of the video and then return to that segment with relative simplicity. This can be accomplished by pressing a button, clicking with a mouse or otherwise sending a signal to a device for marking a particular location of the video that is of interest. Frame identifiers can also be used to select a desired video from an index and to then retrieve the video from a medium containing multiple videos.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of making segments of a video, comprising:
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providing video content that includes a series of video frames and reviewing the video;
sending a bookmark signal during review of the video to select a selected frame being displayed when the bookmark signal is sent;
identifying a characteristic feature of the selected frame and recording information corresponding to said frame on a storage medium;
identifying a segment of the video containing the selected frame, the segment having a segment starting point and a segment endpoint and storing at least a portion of the segment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for identifying segments of a video for later retrieval, comprising:
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a bookmarker component constructed to operate in connection with a video player that can display the content of a video that includes a series of video frames;
the bookmarker responsive to a signal from a signal transmitter constructed to send a bookmark signal to the bookmarker component, the bookmarker constructed to identify a selected frame of the video being displayed when the bookmark signal is received;
the bookmarker also constructed to identify a characteristic feature of the selected frame and record information corresponding to said characteristic feature on a storage medium and when the video is already divided into segments having a segment starting point and a segment endpoint, record at least a portion of the segment containing the selected frame or the bookmarker having a segmenting feature which can divide the video into said segments and the bookmarker constructed to send at least a portion of the segment containing the selected frame to a storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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19. A method of identifying a desired video, comprising:
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selecting a frame of the desired video and recording identifying features concerning the frame;
storing the desired video on a storage medium containing multiple videos;
searching the storage medium for the desired video by searching for the identifying features;
retrieving the video containing the frame having the identifying features.
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23. A method of processing electronically stored content, comprising:
electronically storing and displaying items of content, selected from the group consisting of videos, audio, images, text and combinations thereof and while displaying the content, creating a bookmark by storing a selected segment of the content item having sufficient identifying information to identify the content item, then retaining on a storage device only the segment identifying the item and not the entire item, then at a later time, comparing the information identifying the item to identify that same item.
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30. A method of identifying items of content, selected from the group consisting of videos, audio, images, text and combinations thereof, comprising:
creating a bookmark comprising a selected segment of the content item having sufficient identifying information to identify the content item and retaining the segment identifying the item on a storage medium;
downloading the bookmarks to a user at a remote location at the request of the user, the user then using the bookmarks to identify the original item of content from which the bookmark was created.
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